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Famitsu – 2009 market size, hardware sales, top 5 game sales

January 5th, 2010 Posted in DS, News, Wii, Written by Valay

This information accounts for data from December 29, 2008 to December 27, 2009.

2009 Market Size
HW Value = 216.49 bln yen (-13.6% YoY)
SW Value = 326.16 bln yen (-1.8% YoY)
Total Value = 542.64 bln yen (-6.9% YoY)

2009 Hardware Sales
NDS – 4,025,313 (29,160,589)
PSP – 2,307,971 (13,386,455)
Wii – 1,975,178 (9,501,999)
PS3 – 1,727,041 (4,391,407)
360 – 331,706 (1,197,873)

2009 Software Top 5
1. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX – 4,100,968
2. [NDS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver – 3,382,597
3. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 2,485,150
4. [NDS] Friend Collection – 2,311,948
5. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII – 1,698,256

Source

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  1. One Response to “Famitsu – 2009 market size, hardware sales, top 5 game sales”

  2. By Thomas N on Jan 5, 2010

    While ther Top 5 software and the yearly hardware sales are not surprising, I had to wonder whether the declining sales of the Wii is a factor to the 13.6% decline in hardware value. Another factor could be the price cuts for the PS3 and the Wii, or the smaller number of best-selling games.

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